13:33 - 1.12.2020

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December 1, Fineko/abc.az. President Ilham Aliyev addressed to the nation in connection with the liberation of Lachin district from occupation.

ABC.AZ reports that during his address the head of state touched upon a range of important points.

President Aliyev pointed out that over the past 17 years Azerbaijan has received repeated signals from various places, from outside circles that we should take five districts now and be content with it.

“We were told that we had been defeated in the war, that Armenia had won – the implication was the first Karabakh war. We were told to come to terms with this reality. The five districts we were being given were described as a big deal, while Lachin and Kalbajar were supposed to be left for later. We were also told that when we granted independence to Nagorno-Karabakh, then part of these districts could be transferred to us,” the president said.